Overview
Countering the idea that slaves were unprepared for freedom, this groundbreaking study argues that slaves built an ethos of “honest labor” and collective humanism in the face of oppression—an ethos that has been taken up by generations of African Americans as a foundation for citizenship and participation in democracy. Known for My Work presents an intellectual and social history of slave thought from the late antebellum era through Reconstruction, labor organizing in the 1930s and 1940s, the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and the reparations movement of the twentyfirst century. Arguing that enslaved laborers thought for themselves, imagined themselves, and made themselves, and that their descendants have shared this moral legacy, Lynda Morgan offers an unprecedented view of African America.
Full Product Details
Author: Lynda J. Morgan
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Dimensions:
Width: 15.10cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.423kg
ISBN: 9780813062730
ISBN 10: 081306273
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 12 July 2016
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
""Offers a refreshing interpretation of the intellectual contributions of enslaved and formerly enslaved blacks and the legacy of their moral economy in the United States.""--Journal of Southern History ""An informative and provocative book.""--Griot ""[Morgan's] primary subject is the folk thought regarding ethics that was grounded in the slave's experience, more so than on policies and political outcomes. Slave histories rarely give the voice of slaves such priority.""--Choice
Offers a refreshing interpretation of the intellectual contributions of enslaved and formerly enslaved blacks and the legacy of their moral economy in the United States. --Journal of Southern History An informative and provocative book. --Griot [Morgan's] primary subject is the folk thought regarding ethics that was grounded in the slave's experience, more so than on policies and political outcomes. Slave histories rarely give the voice of slaves such priority. --Choice
[Morgan's] primary subject is the folk thought regarding ethics that was grounded in the slave's experience, more so than on policies and political outcomes. Slave histories rarely give the voice of slaves such priority. --Choice
Author Information
Lynda J. Morgan, professor of history at Mount Holyoke College, USA, is the author of Emancipation in Virginia’s Tobacco Belt, 1850–1870.
